Atmospheric fossil fuel CO2 measurement using a field unit in a central European city during the winter of 2008/09

0346302 - ÚJF 2011 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
Molnár, M. - Haszpra, M. - Svingor, É. - Major, I. - Světlík, Ivo
Atmospheric fossil fuel CO2 measurement using a field unit in a central European city during the winter of 2008/09.
Radiocarbon. Roč. 52, č. 2-3 (2010), s. 835-845. ISSN 0033-8222. E-ISSN 1945-5755.
[International Radiocarbon Conference /20./. Big Island, Hawai, 31.05.2009-05.06.2009]
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z10480505
Keywords : CO2 * monitoring * fossil fuel combustion
Subject RIV: DG - Athmosphere Sciences, Meteorology
Impact factor: 2.703, year: 2010

A high-precision atmospheric CO2 monitoring station was developed as a field unit. Within this, an integrating CO2 sampling system was applied to collect samples for radiocarbon measurements. One sampler was installed in the second largest city of Hungary (Debrecen station) and 2 independent 14CO2 sampling lines were installed ~300 km from Debrecen in a rural site at Hegyhátsál station as independent background references, where high-precision atmospheric CO2 mixing ratios have been measured since 1994. Fossil fuel CO2 content in the air of the large Hungarian city of Debrecen was determined during the winter of 2008 using both the measurements of CO2 mixing ratio and 14C content of air. Fossil fuel CO2 was significantly enhanced at Debrecen relative to the clean-air site at Hegyhátsál.
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